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DESCRIPTION 


OF    THE 


PAPER    MONEY 


ISSUED    BY    THE 


.  •r 

(Continental  (|ongrp  of  the  United 


SEVERAL    COLONIES. 


PHILADELPHIA: 

JOHN    W.    HASELTINE. 

1872. 


SHERMAN  &  CO.,  PRINTERS. 


PREFACE. 


MANY  collectors  of  the  paper  money  issued  by  the  American 
Colonies  and  the  Continental  Congress,  have  felt  the  need  of  a 
work  that  would  assist  them  in  forming  their  collections,  by 
giving  them  some  knowledge  of  the  actual  existence  of  the 
different  notes.  The  works  that  have  previously  been  issued  on 
this  subject  have  given  the  date  and  denomination  of  the  differ- 
ent notes  known  to  have  been  issued,  but  have  furnished  no 
information  as  to  what  notes  were  really  attainable. 

The  author  of  this  work  has  carefully  examined  all  collections 
that  were  available,  and  while  of  course  there  may  be  errors  of 
omission,  he  still  trusts  that  his  efforts  will  supply,  partially,  a 
need  that  has  long  been  felt,  and  hopes  that  it  will  be  of  con- 
siderable assistance  to  those  forming  collections;  and,  if  he  meets 
with  sufficient  encouragement -.in  this  new  field,  will  issue  at  a 
later  date  a  work  upon  a  larger  and  more  detailed  scale,  with 
more  plates  of  the  rare  and  valuable,  or  interesting  notes.* 

*  All  notes  mentioned  in  this  work  are  known  to  be  in  collections,  and  no  matter  how 
rare,  there  is  a  chance,  however  slight,  at  some  time  to  obtain  them. 


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The  author  takes  this  opportunity  of  thanking  those  who  have 
assisted  him  in  the  compilement  of  this  work,  which  has  rendered 
his  task  an  easier  one  than  it  would  otherwise  have  been;  par- 
ticularly is  this  the  case  in  the  assistance  kindly  furnished  by 
MR.  JOHX  C.  BROWXE,  of  this  city. 

The  illustrations  in  this  volume  are  reproduced  from  the  origi- 
nal notes  by  the  photozincographic  process,  by  Mr.  F.  A.  WEN- 

DEROTH,  of  Philadelphia. 

J.  W.  H. 


lONTINBNTAL  HJONEY  OP  THE  (SUITED  &ATES, 


A  U  T  II  O  K  I Z  E  I)     BY     C  O  N  G  It  E  S  S. 


May  10,  1775,  .  . 
November  29,  1775, . 
February  17,  1776,  . 
May  9,  1776,  .  .  . 
July  22,  1776,  .  . 
November  2,  1776,  . 
February  26,  1777,  . 
May  20,  1777,  .  . 
April  11,  1778,  .  . 
September  26, 1778, . 
January  14,  1779,  . 


.  $1,  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  20,  30. 

.  $1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8. 

.  $*,  A,  i,  I,  1,  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8. 

.  $1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8. 

.  $2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  30. 

.  $2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  30. 

.  $2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  30. 

.  $2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  30. 

.  $4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  20,  30,  40. 

.  $5,  6,  7,  8,  20,  30,  40,  50,  60. 

.  $1,  2,  3,  4,  5,  20,  30,  35,  40,  45,  50, 
55,  60,  65,  70,  80.* 


*  The  following  notes  arc  in  existence,  but  are  probably  counterfeits,  as  no  record  of 
their  issue  can  be  found  : 

April  15,  1777,  Yorktown, $40. 

March  12,  1778,         "  $40. 


BLUE  NOTES*  UNSIGNED. 


May  10,  1775,.     .     . 

November  29,  1775, . 
February  17,  1776,  . 
May  9,  1776,  .  .  . 
July  22,  1776,  .  . 
November  2,  1776,  . 
February  26,  1777,  . 
May  20,  1777,.  .  . 
April  11,  1778,  .  . 
September  26,  1778,. 
January  14,  1779, 


$1,  8,  20,  30. 
$1,  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8. 
$1,  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8. 
$1,  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8. 
$2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  30. 
$2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  30. 
$2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  30. 
$2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  30. 
$4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  20,  30,  40. 
$5,  6,  7,  8,  20,  30,  40,  50,  60. 
$1,  2,  3,  4,  5,  20,  30,  35,  40,  45,  50, 
55,  60,  65,  70,  80. 


*  The  Blue  notes  were  issued  by  the  department  for  the  purpose  of  detecting  counter- 
feits, and  were  sent  to  prominent  parties  throughout  the  United  States. 


April  3,  1742,.     .     .     .  Is.,  2s.,  2s.  6d.,  6s.,  20s.,  40s. 

Aprils,  1755,.     .     .     .  1  s.,  2s.  6d.,  6s.,  20s.,  40s. 

June  20,  1775,     .     .     .  6*. 

July  25,  1775,      .     .     .  Qd.,  Is.  6d.,  Is.  9d,,  2s.  6d.,  3s. 

August  24,  1775, .     .     .  5s.,  40s.,  £3. 

November  3,  1775,    .     .  Is.  6rf.,  3s.,  5s.,  30s.,  40s.  or  £2. 

January  26,  1776,     .     .  $1,  2,  3,  4,  5,  6. 

June  28,  1776,     .     .     .  4d.,  7d.,  3d.,  10d.,  15cZ.  or  Is.  3d.,  Is., 

2s.,  4s. 

April  29,  1780,     ...  $1,  2,  3,  4,  5,  7,  8,  20. 

REPRINTS. 

April  1,  1737,.     .     .     .     2s.,  3s.,  5s.,  10s.,  £1,  £2,  £3,  £5. 

April  3,  1755,.  .  .  .  Long  notes,  6d.,  Squirrel  in  a  tree; 

Is.,  Babbit;  3s.,  Cock;  3s.  9d., 
Flying  Dove  with  an  olive 
branch;  5s.,  Parrot  in  a  tree; 
7s.  6d.,  Dove. 

April  3,  1755,.  .  .  .  Wide  notes,  10s.,  Fox;  15s.,  Beaver; 

30s.,  Deer;  £3,  two  Swans. 

June  1,  1756, ....  Is.,  Is.  Qd.,  3s.,  3s.  9d.,  5s.,  7s.  Qd., 

10s.,  15s.,  30s.,  £3. 

June  20,  1775,     .     .     .     Is.,  6s.,  20s.,  40s. 


^February,  1781, 


.     Is.,  Is.  3d.,  2s.  6d.,  5s.,  Ws.,  20s.,  40s., 
£3. 


November  21,  1708, 
May  31,  1710,.     . 
October  14,  1713, 
June,  1722,      .     . 

June  20,  1744,  . 
December  1,  1771, 
May  5,  1775,  .  . 
May  25,  1775,.  . 
July  8,  1775,  .  . 
August  18,  1775, . 


.     "Fourty"  s. 
.     20s. 
.     Is. 

Id.,  round   note ;    2d.,  square ;    3d., 

octagon. 

.     2d.,  4d.,  Qd.,  9d.,  Is.,  30s. 
.     £57. 

.     6s.,  20s.,  40s. 
.     Soldiers'  notes,  14s.,  16s. 
"      9s.,  14s. 
.     Sword-in-hand  notes,  Is.,  2s.,  2s.  6d., 

4s.,   5s.,  20s.,    30s.,   40s.;    Pine 

Tree  Is. 


*  Very  few  of  these  notes  are  known  to  be  in  existence.    They  were  redeemable  in  coin 
June  1,  1782,  and  but  very  few  were  kept  as  curiosities. 


:  ; 


ST  A  T F  of  N £ W- J  E  R SE  Y; 
N6i  S7?7<          Five 

THE  POSSESSOR  of  this  BILL  fliall  be  paid  Five! 
SPANISH  -milled  Dot  f/A  R  s  by  the  Thirty -firft  p*j;j 
>f  December t  One  Thoufand.teven  Hundred  and  K'gh 
with  Intereil  in  like  Money,  at  the  Rate  of  /"/•»/  ^ 
i*n  per  Attnut*,  by  the  State  of  NEWljERSEVV  ac- 
cording  to  an  Adi  of  the  Legtdature  of  thc^faid  ikate^.of 
the ^  Ninth  Day  of  June,  1780. 


luterejl. 
{Annually,       i 
fontlirl/,       o 


SbiUivgs  and  Six-Ptnte,  \ 


TH  E  Pofieflor  cf  this 


(hal!  be*paid ( by 
I  fmer  cf  ihc  State  of  y*nr.»r.i  T-^, 


December  7,  1775, 


June  18,  1776, 


October  18,  1776, 

November  17,  1776, 
July  31,  1777,.     . 
August  6,  1777,    . 
September  1,  1777, 

July  29,  1778,      .     . 
October  16,  1778,. 


June  1,  1779,  .     . 
December  1,  1779, 


January  1,  1780,  . 
February  5,  1780, 
May  5,  1780, 


.  Sword-in-hand  notes,  8d.,  Is.,  Is.  4d., 
1*.  6d.,  2s.,  2s.  8d.,  3s.,  3s.  4d., 
4s.  6d.,14s.,  Ws.,  22s.,  24s.,  36s., 
42s. ;  Boat,  36s. 

Sma11  n°tes,  3d,,  5d.,  6d,,  9d,,  Wd., 
Is.  3d.,  Is.  8d,,  2s.  6d.,  3s.  6d.[ 
4s.,  4s.  4d,,  5s.,  5s.  4cl;  Sword- 
in-hand,  $4,  7. 

Pine  Tree,  2d.,  3d.,  4d.,  6d,,  8d,,  9d., 
12d,,  Is.  6d.,  3s.,  4s.,  4s.  6d. 

Sword-in-hand,  42s.,  48s. 

£20. 

Sword-in-hand,  £21. 

Sword-in-hand  and  Rattlesnake  de- 
vice, £80. 
£25. 

Pine  Tree,  2d.,  3d,,  4d,,  6d.,  8d.,  9d,, 
12d,,  or  Is.,  Is.  6d,,  2s.,  3s.,  4s., 
4s.  6d. 

Pine  Tree,  surrounded  by  a  Rattle- 
snake, £15. 

Pine  Tree,  Is.,  Is.  6d.,  2s.,  2s.  6d,,  3s., 
3s.  6d.,  4s.,  4s.  6d.,  4s.  8d.,  5s., 
5s.  3d.,  5s.  4d.,  5s.  6d. 
£340. 

Pine  Tree,  £15,  £30. 
$1,2,3,4,5,7,8,20. 

' 


December  24,  1780, 
January  1,  1782,  . 
September  1,  1782, 
December  1,  1782, 
June  1,  1783,  .. 
October  18,  1784, 
April  1,  1785,  .. 


Pine  Tree,  $200. 
£70. 

£12  5s.  8d. 
4s.,  os.  4d. 
£100. 

1*.  6<Z.,  4s.  6d. 

£9  16*.  4d.,  £84  18s.  2d.,  £100,  £192 
9s.  Id. 


July  5,  1715,  .  . 
August  22,  1738,  . 
March  18,  1750,  . 
May  3,  1775,  .. 
June  16,  1775,  . 
June  29,  1775,  . 
November  6,  1775, 
January  15,  1776, 
March  18,  1776,  . 
September  5;  1776, 
May  22,  1777,.  . 
July  2,  1780,  .  . 


SLAND 


£5. 

2s.,  7s.  6d. 
2s. 

Is.,  £1,  £1  10s. 
Qd.,  9d.,  Ws. 
9rf. 

6d.,  9d.,  Is.,  2s.,  3s.,  20s.,  30s. 
2s.,  3s.,  4s.,  5s.,  10s.,  20s.,  30s. 
2s.,  3s. 

Is.,  $J9t  4,  i. 
2rf.,  3d. 

$1,  2,  3,  4,  5,  7,  8,  20.    Payment  in- 
sured by  the  United  States. 


10 


May  22, 1785,  ....$*,  J. 

May,  1786, 6d.,  9d.,  Is.,  Is.  6d.,  2s.  6d.,  3s.,  5s., 

6s.,  10s.,  20s.,  30s.,  40s.,  £3. 


REPRINTS* 

July  5,  1715,  ....     12d.,  2s.  6d.,  3s.,  4s.  6d.,  5s.,  7s.,  10s. 
August  22,  1738, .     .     .     Is.,  2s.  6d.,  3s.,  5s.,  7s.  6d,,  10s. 
March  18,  1750,  .     .     .     £4,  or  1  oz.  5  chvt.,  in  silver. 


May  8,  1740,  ....  Is.,  £3. 

March  26,  1761,  .  .  .  9d,,  5s. 

March  4,  1762,     .  .  .  9d.,  Is.,  2s.  6d.,  10s.,  20s.,  30s.,  40s. 

May  12,  1763,      .  .  .  5s. 

March  8,  1764,     .  .  .  Is.  3d.,  5s.,  20s.,  40s. 

May  10,  1770,      .  .  .  2s.  6d.,  5s.,  10s.,  20s.,  40s. 

October  10,  1771,  .  .  2s.  6d.,  5s.,  10s.,  20s.,  40s. 

June  1,  1773,  .     .  .  .  2s.  6d.,  5s.,  10s.,  20s.,  40s. 

January  2,  1775, .  .  .  2s.  6d,,  5s.,  10s.,  20s',  40s. 

May  10, 1775,.  2s.  6d.,  10s.,  20s.,  40s. 


*  Those  notes  were  printed  from  the  original  plates. 


11 


June  1,  1775,  .  . 
July  1,  1775,  .  . 
June  7,  1776,  .  . 

June  19,  1776,  . 

October  11,  1777, 
March  1,  1780,  . 
June  1,  1780,  .  . 

July  1,  1780,  .     . 

July  1,  1785,  .     . 
December  16,  1790, 
January  26,  1791, 


.     2s.  6rf.,  6s.,  10s.,  20s.,  40s. 
.     2s.,  2s.  6d.,  6s.,  10s.,  20s.,  40s. 

Is.,  Is.  3d.,  2s.,  2s.  6d.,  3s.,  5s.,  10s., 

15s.,  £1. 
.     6d.,  9d.,  Is.,  Is.  3d.,  Is.  6d.,  2s.,  2s. 

6d.,  5s.,  40s. 
.     2d.,  3d.,  4d.,  5d.,  7d. 
.     9d.,  Is.  3d.,  2s.  6d.,  5s.,  10s.,  20s.,  40s. 
.     9d.,  Is.,  Is.  3d.,  2s.  6d.,  5s.,  10s.,  20s., 

40s. 
.     9d.,  Is.,  Is.  3d.,  2s.  6d.,  5s.,  10s.,  20s., 

40s. 
.     5s. 

.     £2.  Issued  for  the  pay  ment  of  interest, 
.     <£2  7s.  4d.     Issued  for  the  payment 

of  interest. 


July  12,  1709,      . 
March  18,  1750,  , 


REPRINTS. 

.     .     3s. 
£4. 


'       a  uitf  >  fjrthinfc  i*r  dieji  Int. 

THis  Indented  Bill  of  Fify 
/iner,  due  from  the  Colony 
of  New-York,  to  thePofsefior  there- 
of (hall  be  in  value  equal  to  Money, 
&  (hall  be  accordingly  accepted  by 
theTreafurerjbt  this  Colony,  tor  the 
time  being,  inWl  flibHck  Payments, 
and  for  any  Fund  at  any  time  in  the 
Treafury.  Dated,  New-Torfc,  th«  ijr 
otNwtmber,  1709.  by  order  of  the 
Lieut.  Governor,  council  &  benewl 
Afsembly  of  the  faid 


C/&IL  Shillings. 

at  halt  a  farthing ^tr  E^lSET 

Indented  Bill  of  Fifty  S&i/- 
due  from  the  Colony 
of  New- York,  to  thePofsefbor  there- 
of fhall  be  in  value  equal  to  Money ^ 
&  fliall  be  accordingly  accepted  by 
the  Treafurer  hf  this  Colon y,  for  the 
time  being,  in-all  publick  Payments, 
and  for  any  Fund  at  any  time  in  the 
Tteafury.  Dated, New-Turk^ the  ij£ 
of  November,  1709.  by  order  of  the 
Lieut.  Governor,  council  &  General 
Afsembly  of  the  faid 


November  1,  1709, 
December  10,  1737, 
October  20,  1739, 
May  10,  1746,      . 
July  21,  1746,      . 
November  25,  1747, 
March  25,  1751,  . 
March  25,  1755,  . 
May  12,  1755,      . 
February  16,  1756, 
April  20,  1756,    . 
April  15,  1758,    . 
April  2,  1759,.     . 
April  21,  1760,    . 
February  16,  1771, 
September  2,  1775, 


March  5,  1776,  . 
August  13,  1776, . 
June  22,  1775,  . 
February  17,  1776, 
March  15,  1780,  . 
April  18, 1786,  . 


50s.     Unique. 

£1,  £2,  £5,  £10. 

£5. 

£2,  £5. 

£3,  £5,  £10. 

£10. 

£5. 

£5,  £10. 

£10. 

£10. 

£1,  £3,  £5,  £10. 

£5,  £10. 

£2,  £5,  £10. 

£2,  £5,  £10. 

5s.,  10s.,  £1,  £2,  £3,  £5,  £10. 

Long  notes,  $i,  $1,  2,  3,  5.  Cande- 
labra with  thirteen  candles,  $10, 
elephant  on  reverse ;  not  a  very 
long  note. 

<&A     A     4-     1     A     2     dfc-i     O     Q     £     1 A 

<|J>8,     6,    4,     3,     2,     3,    $1,    £ij    O,    O,    1U. 

<£  i       i     4     4tO    Q    '^    1  (\ 
WTg,    8,    ¥,   $Z,   O,   O,    1U. 

City  of  Albany,  10s.,  20s. 

"     "         "        5s.,  $i,  i,  i. 


5s. 


13 


NEW   YORK    WATER    WORKS. 

August  25,  1774, .  .  .  Is.,  2s.,  4s.,  8s. 

August  2,  1775,    .  .  .  Is.,  2s.,  4s.,  8s. 

January  6, 1776,  .  .  .  Is.,  2s.,  4s.,  8s. 

March  5,  1776,     .  .  .  4s. 


CORPORATION  CITY  OF  NEW  YORK, 
February  20,  1790,  .     .     3d. 


July  2,  1746,  ....  Is.,  15s.,  £3. 

May  15,  1755,   ...  Is. 

January  26,  1756,  .  .  15s.,  £3,  £6. 

June  22,  1756,  .  .  .  Is.,  Is.  6d.,  3s.,  6s.,  12s.,  15s.,  30s., 

£3,  £6. 

April  12,  1757,    .     .     .     15s.,  30s.,  £3,  £6. 
June  14,  1757,     .     .     .     15s.,  30s.,  £3,  £6. 
November  20,  1757, .     .     6s.,  15s.,  30s.,  £3,  £6. 
May  1,  1758,  .     .     .     .     6s.,  15s.,  30s.,  £3,' £6. 
October  20,  1758,      .     .     Is.,  Is.  6d.,  3s.,  6s.,  12s.,  15s.,  30s.,  £3, 

£6. 


14 


April  10,  1759,    .     .     .     6s.,  15s.,  80s.,  £3,  £6. 

September  8,  1759,    .     .     £3. 

April  12,  1760,    .     .     .     Is.,  Is.  6d.,  3s.,  6s.,  12s.,  15s.,  30s., 

£3,  £6. 

April  23,  1761,  .  .  .  12s.,  15s.,  30s.,  £3,  £6. 
AprilS,  1762,.  .  .  .  12s.,  15s.,  30s.,  £3,  £6. 
December  31,  1763,  .  .  Is.,  Is.  6d.,  3s.,  6s.,  12s.,  15s.,  30s.,  £3, 

£6. 
April  16,  1764,    .     .     .     Is.,  Is.  6d.,  3s.,  6s.,  12s.,  15s.,  30s., 

£3,  £6. 

February  20,  1776,  .  .  6s.,  12s.,  15s.,  80s.,  £3. 
March  25,  1776,  .  .  .  Is.,  Is.  6d,  3s.,  6s.,  12s.,  15s.,  80s., 

£1,  £3,  £6. 
June  9,  1780,  .     .     .     .     Payment  insured  by  the  United  States. 

$1,  2,  3,  4,  5,  7,  8,  20. 
January  9,  1781, .     .     .     6d.,  9rf.,  Is.,  Is.  6d.,  2s.  6d.,  3s.  6d, 

3s.  9d.,  4s.,  5s.,  7s.  Qd. 
1786, Is.,  3s.,  15s.,  30s.,  £6. 


15 


September  15, 1729, .     .     2s. 

August  10,  1739, .     .     .     15s.,  20s. 

August  1,  1744,    .     .     .     ISd. 

February  28,  1746,  .     .     4d.,  Qd.,  9d.,  15s.,  20s. 

August  1,  1746,    ...     6^. 

October  1,  1755,  .     .     .     5s.,  10s. 

January  1,  1756, .     .     .     Is.,  Is.  6d.,  2s.,  2s.  6d.,  5s.,  10s.,  15s., 

20s. 

October  1,  1756,  .     .     .     5s.,  10s.,  15s.,  20s. 
March  10,  1757,  .     .     .     5s.,  10s.,  15s.,  20s. 
July  1,  1757,  ....     5s.,  10s.,  15s.,  20s. 
May  20,  1758,      ...     2s.  6d.,  5s.,  10s.,  15s.,  20s. 
April  25,  1759,    .     .     .     5s.,  10s.,  15s.,  20s.,  £2  10s.,  £5. 
June  21,  1759,     .     .     .     50s.,  £5. 
May  1,  1760,   ....     5s.,  10s.,  15s.,  20s.,  50s.,  £5. 
June  18,  1764,     .     .     .     3d.,  4d.,  6d.,  9d.,  Is.,  Is.  6d.,  2s.,  2s. 

6d.,  5s.,  10s.,  15s.,  20s. 
.     .     40s.,  £4,  £6. 
.     .     8s.,  12s.,  £1  10s.,  £3,  £3  10s. 
..     3d.,  4d.,  6d.,  9d.,  Is.,  Is.  6d.,  2s.,  2s. 

6d.,  5s.,  10s.,  15s.,  20s. 

March  20,  1771,  .     .     .     5s.,  10s.,  15s.,  20s. 
April  3,  1772,.     .     .     .     3d.,  4d.,  6d.,  9d.,  Is.,  Is.  6d.,  2s.,  2s. 

6d.,  40s. 


March  20,  1773, 
October  1,  1773, 

March  25,  1775, 
April  10,  1775, 


July  20,  1775,      . 
October  25,  1775, 

December  8,  1775, 
April  25,  1776,    . 

April  10,  1777,    . 


April  10,  1777,    . 


April  29,  1780,  . 

June  1, 1780,  .  . 

April  7, 1781, .  . 

April  20,  1781,  . 

March  16,  1785, 


4s.,  6s.,  14s.,  16s.     Lighthouse. 

Is.  6d.,  2s.,  2s.  Gd.,  5s.,  10s.,  15s.,  20s., 

50s. 

4s.,  6s.,  14s.,  16s. 
Workhouse  on  the  reverse  of  these 

notes,  usually  called  the  prison. 

50s.,  £5. 

10s.,  20s.,  30s.,  40s. 
3d.,  4d.t  6d.,  9d.,  Is.,  Is.  Gd.t  2s.,  2x. 

Gd.,  5s.,  10s.,  15s.,  20s. 
10s.,  20s.,  30s.,  40s. 
3d,  4d.,  Gd.,  9d,  Is.,  Is.  Gd.,  2s.,  2s. 

Gd.,  10s.,  20s.,  30s.,  40s. 
Printed  in  black,  3d.,  4d.,  Gd.,  9d., 

Is.,  Is.  Gd.,  2s.,  3s.,  4s.,  6s.,  8s., 

12s.,  16s.,  20s.,  40s.,  £4. 
Printed  in  red,  Is.,  Is.  6d.,  2s.,  3s., 

4s.,  6s.,  8s.,  12s.,  16s.,  20s.,  40s., 

£4. 

5s.,  15s. 

$1,  2,  3,  4,  5,  8,  20. 
2s. 
3d.,  6d.,  9d.,  Is.,  Is.  6d.,  2s.,  2s.  Gd., 

5s.,  10s.,  15s.,  20s.,  30s. 
3d.,  9d.,  Is.  6d.,  2s.  6d.,  5s.,  10s.,  15s., 

20s. 


17 


1735, 10s. 

June  1,  1739,  ....     2s.,  10s. 

December  1,  1739,    .     .     Is.  6d.,  2s.  6d,,  10s. 

February  28,  1746,  .     .     5s.,  10s.,  15s.,  20s.    Printed  by  Benj. 

Franklin. 

May  1,  1756,   ....     18d.,  2s.,  5s.,  10s.,  15s.,  20s. 
March  1,  1758,     .     .     .     ISd.,  2s.,  2s.  6d,,  5s.,  10s.,  15s.,  20s. 
May  1,  1758,  ....     2s.  Qd,,  5s.,  10s.,  15s.,  20s. 
June  1,  1759,  ....     Is.,  ISd.,  2s.,  2s.  6d.,  5s.,  10s.,  15s., 

20s. 

May  31,  1760,   .  .  .  20s.,  30s.,  40s.,  50s. 
January  1,  1776, .  .  .  Is.,  Is.  6d.,  2s.  Qd.,  4s.,  5s.,  6s.,  10s., 

20s. 
May  1,  1777,  ....  3d.,  4d.,  6d.,  9d.,  Is.,  Is.  6d.,  2s.  6d., 

4s.,  5s.,  6s.,  10s.,  20s. 


18 


1740, Is. 

October  1,  1748,  .     .     .     Is.,  2s.  Gd.,  10s.,  15s.,  20s. 

April  6,  1751,.     ...     Is. 

July  14,  1756,      .     .     .     Gd.,  Is.  Gd.,  2s.  Gd.,  5s.,  20s. 

Ante  1767, Is.,  Is.  Gd.,  2s.  Gd.,  5s.,  10s.,  15s.,  20s. 

January  1,  1767, .     .     .     $£,  |,  J,  ],  \,  f ,  1,  2,  4,  6,  8. 

October  1,  1768,  ...     Is. 

March  1,  1770,     ...$',  §,  J,  ',  >,  f ,  1,  2,  4,  6,  8. 

April  10,  1774,    .     .     .     ||,  §,  j,  ',  »,  |,  1,  2,  4,  6,  8. 

July  26,  1775,      ...$§,  1,  1*,  21,  4,  8,  16. 

December  7,  1775,    .     .     $',  |,  |,  |,  f,  1,  1J,  2,  2§,  4,  6,  8. 

August  14,  1776,  ...$£,  ^,  1,  3-,  §,  1,  14,  2,  21,  4,  6,  8. 

June  28,  1780,     ...     $3,  4,  8.     Black  slate  money. 

May  10,  1781,      .     .     .     Red  notes,  Is.,  Is.  Gd.,  2s.  Gd.,  5s.,  7s. 

Gd.,  15s.,  30s.,  £3. 
August  8,  1781,    .     .     .     3d.,  4d.,  Gd.,  9d. 


19 


June  8,  1757,  . 
October  5,  1758, 
March  5,  1759, 
April  5,  1759,. 
May  3,  1759,  . 
May  24,  1760,. 
April  7, 1762, . 
March  1,  1773, 
March  4,  1773, 
April  1,1773,. 

July  17,  1775, 


September  1,  1775, 
May  6,  1776,  .     . 


October  7,  1776,  . 
May  5,  1777,  .  . 
October  20,  1777, 
May  4,  1778,  .  . 
October  5,  1778,  . 
May  3,  1779, 


1*.,  £10. 

$50  or  £15,  $100  or  £30. 

10*. 

10s.,  20s. 

£30  or  $100,  $50  or  £15. 

20s. 

£2,  £5. 

Large  notes,  £3,  £5. 

20s.,  £2,  £3,  £5. 

Large  thin  notes,  James  River  Bank, 

£1,  £3,  £5,  £8,  £12. 
Coat  of  Arms  of  Virginia,  Is.  3d., 

2s.  6d.,  5s.,  7s.  6d.,  10s.,  12s.  6d., 

20s.,  £2,  £3,  £5. 
20s.,  £12. 
Is.  3d,  2s.  6rf.,  5s.,  7s.  6cZ.,  10s.,  12s. 

6rf.,  20s.,  £2,  £3,  £4,  £5,  $i  i, 

4,5. 

to,  i,  I,  1,  4,  5,  6,  8,  10,  15. 
tot  i,  I,  1,  4,  5,  6,  8,  10,  15. 
to,  i,  I,  1,  4,  5,  6,  8,  10,  15. 
to,  i,  i,  I,  1,3,  4, -5,  6,  7,8,  10,  15. 
$1,  i,  4,  I,  1,  3,  5,  7, 10, 15,  50,  100. 
$3,  5,  7,  9,  10,  15,  100. 


May  1,  1780,  . 
July  14,  1780, 


October  16,  1780, 


March  1,  1781, 
May  7,  1781,  . 


.     $1,  2,  3,  4,  5,  7,  8,  20. 

.     $3J,  61,  10,  13*,  15,  20,  35,  45,  50, 

55,  60,  80,  100,  200,  300,  400, 

500. 
.     $50,  100,  200,  300,  400,  500;  also,  a 

$300,  different,  for  speedy  cloth- 

ing of  the  army  ;  a  very  curious 

note. 
.     $20,  50,  80,  100,  150,  200,  250,  500, 

750,  1000. 
.     $10,  15,  25,  30,  35,  40,  50,  70,  75, 

100,  200,  250,  500,  1000,  1200, 

1250,  1500,  2000. 


21 


as 

April  4,  1748,.     . 
March  9,  1754, 


May  4,  1758,  . 
July  14,  1760, 
April  23,  1761, 
December,  1768, 

December,  1771, 


August  21, 1775, . 
April  2, 1776, .     . 


20*.,  30s.,  40s.,  £3.  These  notes  have 
different  mottoes;  the  40s.  has  a 
design  of  war  implements. 

Sd.,  2s.  8d.,  4s.,  5s.,  20s.,  30s.,  40s. 
Different  mottoes;  the  40s.  has 
a  design  of  a  church. 

20s. 

5s.,  20s.,  30s.,  40s.,  £3. 

4s.,  5s.,  20s.,  30s.,  40s.,  £3. 

2s.  6d.,  5s.,  20s.  or  £1,  30s.,  40s.  or 
£2,  £3,  £5. 

Is.,  2s.  6d.  (two  varieties),  5s.,  10s., 
20s.,  30s.,  £1,  Leopard,  £2,  £3, 
"  Magna  Charta,"  on  a  scroll, 
£5,  Cannon,  flags,  and  drum. 

$1,  3,  4,  5. 

$T'g,  Dragon;  $T'g,  Bug;  $1,  H.  H. ; 
$1,  Dog;  $i,  Fish:  $i,  Bird; 
$i,  "Hit  or  Miss;"  $J,  Crow  and 
pitcher;  $i,  Ship;  $i,  Owl;  $1, 
Scroll;  $1,  Swan;  $1,  Fox;  $1, 
Eagle  and  Snake;  $1,  Liberty 
seated ;  $2,  Hand  holding  a  pole 
with  a  liberty  cap  on  it, "  Libertas 


Natale  Solum;"  $2,  Fox;  $2, 
Fawn;  $2i,  Arrows;  $2i,  Altar 
and  liberty  cap ;  $3,  Beaver  and 
alligator;  $3,  Beehive;  $4,  Bee; 
$4,  Sheaf  of  wheat;  $5,  Mer- 
maid ;  $5,  Bird ;  $6,  Squirrel ; 
$6,  Goat;  $7J,  British  flag;  $8, 
Leopard;  $8,  Cock;  $10,  Pea- 
cock ;  $10,  Cupid  ;  $12,  Eagle  ; 
$m,  Eagle;  $15,  Boar;  $20, 
Snake. 

August  8,  1778,    .     .     .     $£,  "  Union  of  Hearts  the  Strength 

of  Interests." 
$i,  "Independence." 
$£,  "Behold!  a  New  World." 
$1,  "Liberty  and  Peace." 
$1,  "  Virtuous  Councils  the  Cement  of 

States." 
$2,  "  Virtuous  Councils  the  Cement  of 

States." 

$4,  "A  Lesson  to  Arbitrary  Kings." 
$5, 
$5,  "  The  Rising  States." 

,  "  Persecution  the  Ruin  of  Em- 
pires." 

,  "Independence." 
20,  "American  Virtue  Triumphant." 


23 


Augusts,  1778,.     .     .     $25. 

$40,  "  Freedom  of  Speech." 


May  15,  1779,    ...       $5,  "  Be  Freedom  and  Independence 

Steadily  Pursued." 
$5,  "Good  Government  always  Re- 
vere." 

$10,  "American  Union  Forever." 
$10,  "Virtue  Excels  Riches." 
$20,  "Peace  on  Honorable  Terms." 
$25,  "A  Free  Commerce." 
$25,  "  American  Fortitude  Displayed." 
$100,  "A  Free  Commerce." 
$250. 
May  10,  1780,    .     .     .     $25,  "Dulc  pro  Patria  Mori." 

$25,  "Quid  non  Virtute  Efficiendum." 
$25,  "Terra  Libera  Notam  Prretii  in 

me  Posuit." 
$25,  "Hora  pacis   Libertatis   Appro- 

pinquat." 

$25,  "  Justitia  addit  Fiduciam." 
$50,  "Fundamentum  mihi  sere  Peren- 

nius." 
$100,  "Fortis  Cadere,  Cedere  non  Po- 

test," 

$200. 

$250,  "Quoerenda     Pecunia     Primum 
eat." 


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FOR  TEN 


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Dccembtr  10,  1737. 


POUNDS. 

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May  10,  1780, .     .     .     $300,  "Aut  Nunquam  tentes  aut  Per- 

fice." 

$500. 

|600,  "  Crercit  sub  Pondere  Virtus." 
December  29,  1785,      .     40s. 


IOUTH  IAROLINA, 


1731,   .... 
March  25,  1736,  . 

1748,  . 

1752,  . 

September  3,  1767, 
January  1,  1770, . 
April  7,  1770,  . 
March  24,  1774,  . 
April  20,  1775,  . 
May  1,  1775,  .  . 
June  1,  1775,  .  . 


£10. 

Muster  roll,  receivable  for  taxes,  £84. 

£5,  £20. 

£10. 

£20. 

£5,  £10,  £20. 

£10,  £15. 

£100. 

£50. 

£50. 

£5,  Sword-in-hand;  £5,  Bunch  of 
arrows;  £10,  Sword-in-hand; 
£20,  Clasped  hands  and  olive 
branch ;  £50,  Sun  rising  and 
peasant;  Motto,  "Post  Tene- 
bras  lux." 


November  15,  1775, 


March  6,  1776,     . 


October  19, 1776, . 
December  23,  1776, 
February  14,  1777, 
April  10,  1778,    . 


February  8,  1779, 


5s.,  7s.v  6<Z.,  15s.,  20s.,  30s.,  £2,  £2 
10s.,  £3. 

5s.,  7s.  6c£.,  17s.  Qd.,  £1  5s.,  £1  10s., 
£1  15s.,  £2,  £2  5s.,  £2  10s.,  £3, 
£15,  Lion  rampant;  £25,  "Me- 
liorem  Lapsa  Locavit,"  around 
the  top  of  an  oak  tree;  £50,  war 
implements  and  an  altar;  £100, 
a  wreath  of  hearts,  with  an  illu- 
minated heart  in  the  centre. 

$1,  2,  4,  6,  8,  10. 

$1,  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  8,  20. 

$20,  Bird  escaping  from  a  cage ;  $30. 

2s.  6d.,  Two  cornucopias  entwined ; 
3s.  9dL,  Beaver  with  a  branch  in 
its  mouth;  5s.,  Phoenix;  7s.6d., 
Beehive;  7s.  Sd.-  10s.,  Palmetto 
tree;  15s.,  20s.,  Horse  running; 
30s. 

),  $50,  $60,  seated  figure,  motto, 
"  Mutua,  Defenso,  Tutisima," 
reverse,  Lyre,  trumpets,  and 
flags ;  $70,  Hope  leaning  on  an 
anchor;  motto,  "Spes  Mentis 
Solatia ;"  reverse,  Prometheus 
chained  to  rock,  and  a  vulture 
preying  upon  his  vitals; 


'2(3 


IA,     1773. 


CERT'FICAT  Emmies    the   Bearer   to   T  H  E 


OFTtfENTY 
for  the  Purppfes  mentioned  in  an  Aft 


HUNDRED   AND    NINET 


[*°>/5~  A.  ] 


CHILLING  S,    being  lifted 
entitled,  "  An  Aft  far  granting 


to  his    Majefty    the   Som   ofFOTR    THOUSAND    T  W  O  °  ^ 


Y-NINE   POUNDS,    and 


for  empowering  the  Commiffionen  thfrein  earned  to  ftamp,  imprint,  fign, 
and  iffce.  Paper  Certificate!,  t«  the  Amount  of  the  faid  Sum  of  four 
Thonfind  Two  Hutdred  and  Ninety-  fine  Pounds,  fo«  the  Ufe*and  Pur- 
pofes  therein  mentioned,"  and  is  to  t  s  received  to  all  Payments  made  to 
the  Treafarer  of  this  Province  only^ajd  from  any  Perfon  carrying  the  fame 
"to  theTreaTurer  to  be  exchanged  forVS&eht  Money,  tTN'T  IL  T  H  B 

f  SEPTEMBER.   One  Thoo- 


TWENTY-  NINTH  DAY 


__  fand  Seven  Hundred  and  Seventy-Si^ 
\^  ^7  if  rot  brought  in  to  the  Treafurer 
Publick  of  this  Province  will  not  be  i 


.AND  NO  LONGER;    acd 

o  bs  excharged  by  that  Titte*  the 


bit  to  make  P.-oviaon  f«.-   b-  farer. 


$90,  armed  figure;  motto  "Ar- 
mis  Concurrit  Campo;"  reverse, 
Hercules  strangling  a  lion ; 
$100,  armed  figure,  with  one  foot 
on  the  globe ;  motto,  "  Gloria 
Fundamenturn  Fortitude;"  re- 
verse, Palmetto  tree. 


March  7,  1749,     .  . 

1755,     .  . 

May  1,  1760,.     .  . 

•  1762,  .     .  . 

March  25,  1762,  .  . 

August  8,  1766,    .  . 

September  1,  1766,  . 


2s.  Qd, 

5s.,  10s.,  20s. 

£1,  Fort. 

2s.  6d.,  5s.,  Slave;  5s.,  different;  10s., 
Ship;  10s.,  different;  20s.,  20s., 
different. 

<£!.  Issued  for  the  purpose  of  build- 
ing the  battery  at  Cockspur 
Island. 

£1.  Issued  for  the  purpose  of  re- 
building the  Courthouse  at  Sa- 
vannah. 

£1.     Ditto. 


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March  18,  1769,  ...     £5. 

Different  written  dates,  1769,  £1.  For  the  purpose  of  building 

the  Lighthouse  at  Tybee  Island. 

1773,  ....     20s.,  a  large  square  note. 

1775,  ....     5s.,  £5. 

No  date  (probably  1776),  $4,  $5.     Rude  design  of  a  Beehive.* 

No  date,  receivable  until  December  31,  1777,  2s.  6d.,  5s.,  Ws. 

1776,  ....  3d.,  6d.,  Is.,  Is.  6d.,  2s.  Qd.,  Horse 

at  left ;  2s.  6d.,  Horse  at  right ; 
5s.,  two  varieties ;  10s.,  two  va- 
rieties ;  16s.,  20s.  or  £1,  $i,  $i, 
$1,  figure  of  Justice,  "Sustine 
Rectum;"  $1,  different;  $2,  two 
pitchers,  narrow  note ;  $2,  two 
pitchers,  wide  note;  $2,  differ- 
ent from  either  of  the  preced- 
.  ing;  $4,  Cornucopia,  liberty 
cap,  and  Mercury's  wand,  blue; 
$4,  two  blue  pitchers;  $4,  two 
red  pitchers ;  $7,  $10,  Palmetto 
tree;  $10,  Palmetto  tree,  the 
word  "Georgia"  in  red  letters 
on  edge  of  the  note ;  $20,  Red 
Snake,  large  note;  $20,  Blue 
Snake,  smaller  note. 


*  It  is  difficult  to  decide  what  this  design  is  intended  to  represent,  but  I  incline  to  the 
opinion  that  it  was  intended  for  a  beehive,  although  a  very  primitive  style. — AUTHOR. 


1777,  .     . 


June  8,  1777,  .     . 


September  10,  1777, 


May  4,  1778,  .     . 
October  16,  1786, 


$2,  Yellow  pitchers;  $3,  4,  5,  7,  8, 
9,  10,  111,  Blue  pitchers;  $13, 
Blue  cornucopia,  liberty  cap,  &c. ; 
$15,  Blue,  bird  in  a  nest  on  the 
top  of  a  Palmetto  tree;  $17, 
Blue  snake  preparing  to  strike. 

$iV  1*  I  I  I  1, 1,  2,  3,  4,  Red  deer; 
$5,  $6,  thirteen  links  joined, 
forming  a  ring;  $7,  $8,  thirteen 
links  joined. 

$i,  |,  ^,  1,  figure  of  Justice;  motto, 
"Sustine  Rectum;"  $2,  Red 
ships;  $3, $4,  Red  deer;  $5,  $6, 
Bird  in  nest  on  top  of  a  Pal- 
metto tree;  $7,  Cornucopia, 
liberty  cap,  and  Mercury's 
wand;  $8,  thirteen  links  joined. 

$20,  30,  Blue  hog  running;  $40, 
Eagle  over  a  sword-in-hand. 

6d.,  Is.,  2s.  6d.,  5s.,  10s.,  20s.,  "The 
Constitution  of  the  State  of 
Georgia,"  on  a  scroll,  small  urn 
in  upper  part  of  note;  motto, 
"Pro  Bono  Publico;"  20s.,  dif- 
ferent from  the  preceding,  having 
no  urn. 


No  date, $4,  Indian. 


2s.  6d. 

2d.,  3d.,  6d.,  Is.  Gd.t  2s. 


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